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Gay marriages seem to figure prominently as an issue in the upcoming presidential elections in the U.S. With the Supreme Court of Texas overturning the ban on sodomy, it has not been a smooth ride for those toiling for gay rights.

With its rolling lawns and elegant buildings, the campus of the Greenwich Academy is as imposing and beautiful as many full-blown universities. Founded in 1827, Connecticut's oldest school for girls, [...]

A panel of writers share memories of the summer. The main thrust of their memories is to try to decipher what the true essence of summer is.

Cryosuspension is a process of freezing one's body in hope of continuing life after death, which is practiced by many people at Alcor. The myths and expectations from science about this concept are discussed.

Travel information to the Caribbean, the Everglades, British Columbia, Hawaii, and Bolivia is provided. The information includes lodging, sites, restaurants and books about the destinations.

New lodges in British Columbia offer tour packages that meet the desires of travelers looking for an ecotourist vacation. A visit to one such lodge on Vancouver Island, and the services provided by the lodge, is described.

The US Comedy Arts Festival 2000 is to be held in Aspen Colorado and includes the hosting talents of Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Eric Idle and Martin Short.

A class of 200, each paying $700 for a weekend seminar, awaited teacher Steven Segal at the new age mecca, the Omega Institute in upstate New York. However, he leaves much of the instruction to assistants and is late for most sessions.

Plastic surgery is good options for the people who feel that they are not handsome and they are not looked upon by people. Details about Garth Fischer, a plastic surgeon from the Beverly Hills are discussed.

At the end of 2006, writer and humorist David Rakoff, a Tablet Magazine contributing editor, took on the grueling task of attending as many screenings as he could endure of [...]

I am nothing if not compliant. I held still as I was shuttled back and forth through the wondrous high-tech doughnut, inhaling and holding my breath when instructed. Less than [...]

Byline: David Rakoff House-sitting, of which I did the requisite amount in my twenties, was a gift cloaked as a favor: a good turn I was supposedly doing when in [...]

Byline: DAVID RAKOFF ILLUSTRATION BY ZOHAR LAZAR I Only Wear Jonathan Franzen! Out and about in New York, it's not just your boots or tie or hair that brands youit's [...]

I Gave Her My Heart. She Gave Me a Pen 'Say Anything' Turns Twenty Say Anything, Cameron Crowe's paean to young love and heartbreak, is twenty years old. I saw [...]

HANS BECKERT IN M 1931 THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE SICK F**K In Fritz Lang's 1931 classic, M, Berlin is in the terrorized grip of a child-murderer. A heavy Freudian stench hangs [...]

Byline: David Rakoff Collectively referred to as the Maritimes, the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island are full of variation. Nova Scotia alone has almost [...]

The old Appalachian ballad ''Lord Daniel'' is a bracing dose of adultery and murder at 7:45 a.m. Not that we need extra stimuli. Sleeping in is the province of the [...]

N!xau Coma b. 1944 Keep 'em guessing. Some details of a star's life should always remain mutable: in this case, the spelling of the name -- spoken aloud in Ungwatsi [...]

Heretofore, men's personal grooming has been more a matter of maintenance than augmentation; a haircut as opposed to a henna treatment. But in this age of rampant metrosexuality, when even [...]

Stores Masamichi Katayama stores, Japan, 1998-2002, 37 shops In the world's trendiest boutiques, you can look all you want, but don't touch the merchandise -- especially not the precious T-shirts. [...]

One need only look at John Singer Sargent's portraits of some of the more equine-faced ladies of the ruling class to realize that the euphemism -- in use even now [...]

Before dashing off to your weekly Adult Children of Parents meeting, consider an idea raised by Timothy D. Wilson, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia: the minute [...]

The In this entropic universe, it is but the nature of things to go missing, to scatter, to roll out of reach. It is a matter of physics. It sometimes [...]

Q: Your sculpture commemorating Sept. 11, ''Tumbling Woman,'' was recently removed from Rockefeller Center. Is that the largest controversy you've been through? Certainly the Arthur Ashe statue at Flushing Meadows [...]

Q: Your new book argues the importance of human nature in the way we think about ourselves. Why have you called it ''The Blank Slate''? The common belief is that [...]

As Marly Temple, sixth-generation Floridian and owner of Delrona Beach's Sea-Vue Motel and Restaurant in John Sayles's current film, ''Sunshine State,'' Edie Falco sits in a bar, stultified by her [...]

Q: Your album ''Ultimate Manilow'' made it on to the Billboard Top 10, sharing space with Creed, Jennifer Lopez and Ludacris. When was the last time that happened? Never. Actually, [...]

For years, the popular psychology and self-help movement has tried to help anxious or pessimistic people achieve a positive attitude. Among the enemies of emotional well-being, we have been told, [...]

Q: Your character Jiminy Glick is the star of your new show. Who is Jiminy Glick? Jiminy is a satire of the 4,000 people that I've been interviewed by on [...]

Q: You have just been named spokesman for the World Assembly on Aging. Tell us a bit about that. They probably named me spokesman because I have such energy onstage. [...]

Q: In England your show -- which has been described as ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' meets ''Survivor'' -- is famous for humiliating contestants. You call people ''an embarrassment,'' [...]

THEY'RE BIG. THEY'RE AFFLUENT. THEY'RE A GREAT DEMO... THEY'RE BOOMERS Here's an interesting little factoid: By the time you get to this comma, someone in the Unite States has turned [...]

Q: Tell me about your book of essays, ''Ill Nature.'' It has a certain scorched-earth tone. Well, why not? It's a very environmentally focused book. I'm sure readers will be [...]

Any writing teacher worth her or his salt might advise a lighter touch with the story of Mark R. Hughes, the founder of Herbalife, the hugely successful nutritional supplement corporation. [...]

Q: For those who haven't seen it, what's the goal of your Web site? Bastone: We hunt down the public-realm documents behind stories that you see in the news; legal [...]

Q: Your work seems to be suffused with an almost Nordic bleakness, even in a film as visually and narratively lush as ''Exotica.'' Where does that come from? Do you [...]

Q: You're about to open in ''The Rocky Horror Show.'' This is your Broadway debut, isn't it? No, I replaced Tom Courtenay in ''Otherwise Engaged,'' by Simon Gray. Harold Pinter [...]

TAFFETA AND LACE EMBROIDERED WITH CROCODILE WEDDING GOWNS HUNG WITH HUNDREDS OF TINKLING BELLES, HOLLYWOODS STARS CRANING THEIR NECKS THE COUTURE SHOWS ARE AN EXTRAVAGANT, WEEKLONG SPECTACLE NEWCOMER DAVID RAKOFF […]

Q: You have just agreed to pay $12 million in back taxes to the Italian government, which claimed that your Monte Carlo residence was merely a tax shelter. Your response [...]

Cunningham: I don't remember when Nam and I met, but I remember in the early 60's Nam June, in the course of a piece, cut off John Cage's tie [laughs]. [...]

Q: Inside.com arrives in a few weeks. You've said it's going to be a digital information service about entertainment industry news. Who's your audience? Andersen (right): People working in the [...]

Q: So Mary Richards is back together again with Rhoda Morgenstern in your new TV movie, ''Mary & Rhoda.'' Do you ever feel that Mary Richards has shadowed you? I [...]

Q: You're one of the very few people who have been alive to see their own biopics. How does it feel to be in the company of Benny Goodman and [...]

Q: Congratulations on your pardon, sir. Well, it's been a long time coming, but it's here. Thank God it's here. What do you remember about the Port Chicago incident? We [...]

I was 33 and designing computer systems for an insurance company in Portland and had done community theater productions. One morning the radio said there was going to be an [...]